The annual awards ceremony raises money for scholarships supporting Black and immigrant students while honoring local and ...

For any New Yorkers still wedded to the notion that slavery was a story that unfolded squarely in the South, the recently released book “Brooklynites” should be eye-opening. In "Brooklynites," history ...

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when there was no vaccine in sight and more than a thousand people who had contracted the virus were dying each day in the United States, Joseph Stiglitz, ...

For her article published in 2024 in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, sociologist Kimberly Martinez Phillips conducted in-depth interviews with 40 people who, in our stereotype-addled ...

Freedom in the United States is a word that has had more than one meaning. It has meant freedom for some people and the repression of others. In a democracy, freedom also means the right to take part ...

Freedom of the press in the United States is legally protected by the First Amendment, which famously declares: “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press.” Nearly ...

Juneteenth is no more a holiday just for Black people than the Fourth of July is a holiday just for white people. It recognizes and celebrates a profound milestone in American history — the ...

Vice President Kamala Harris will officially accept her party's nomination for president on Thursday night in Chicago. Her speech to the Democratic National Convention will almost certainly continue ...

Though two-thirds of Americans believe press freedom is very important, only a third say that the media is actually completely free to report the news, according to a Pew Research Center study ...